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raushan
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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 Topic initiated on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 2:36 PM 
Dealing with anti-Islamic Websites
One of the downsides of the internet is that it has given our critics and enemies an opportunity to publicly defame the religion of Islam. I guess this is the price of having freedom of speech. Sometimes you have to read and hear things which are just plain detestable.
The fact of the matter is that its enemies have defamed Islam from the very beginning and this is not about to change anytime soon. What's more, since Muslims are in a very weak position these days, the amount of anti-Islamic propaganda is on the rise from many quarters. I am sure we have all encountered numerous websites that have slandered the Prophet (s), twisted the meaning of the Quran, attacked the companions of the prophet, etc. The more disturbing thing is the ease with which millions of people now have access to this information as a result of the growth of the internet.
Our first reaction is to get angry and get all fired up with zeal to do something about it when we find these offensive sites. It is indeed a good sign of strong faith if we get angry when our faith is under attack, and may Allah always keep our faith in Islam strong. But this is not enough to effectively combat this new attack on Islam.
Her I want to offer a few suggestions on dealing with these anti-Islamic websites so we can more effectively counter this continuing and mounting menace:
1) Keep your cool: As I said before, it is good to be angry when you see Islam attacked, but keep your cool and act with a level head. When we are overly angry we cannot act rationally and thus we undermine our goals. We will do and say things that later on we will regret. For example, we may be tempted to attack the person's religion in a bad way which is not permissible in Islam.
2) Don't write back to the unless webmaster unless you are ready: For the most part these people thrive on confrontation. They would love for you to respond and are ready for a quick answer. Remember, many of these people know a lot about Islam so if you are not ready for them they will soundly defeat you in any argument. Also, if you answer back but don't have the proper knowledge you will end up making Islam and Muslims look worse. Some webmasters actually post all responses on the website for all to read. The sillier the response then the more likely it will be placed on the site. Please note, just because someone wins a particular argument does not mean they are right. The loser may just not have all the information on hand at the time of the argument.
3) Don't try to have the page removed from the internet: Many Muslims try to have the website removed from the internet altogether by writing the company which hosts the site and complaining. In my opinion this is a waste of time. Even if the host removed the site they can open up in a few days under another host, so our time is wasted on such efforts.
4) Don't publicize the site to others: One of the biggest mistakes we commit is to tell others about the offensive website. All this does is give the site owner free publicity which is what he/she wants. If you see an offensive site don't spread it all over the place as you are actually helping the site owner when doing this.
5) Best defense is a good offense: Finally, the best defense against anti-Islamic websites is to develop your own excellent website which presents Islam in a beautiful and accurate manner. Many people are out there searching for answers and more and more are turning to the internet to find these answers. Possibly they could visit your website and as a result become Muslim. Also, other Muslims could use your site to get information they need for dawah or research and Allah will reward you for providing this service. Even if you cannot start a website, you can at least submit articles to existing websites which they can use so that all can get the benefit.
I hope this advice helps. May Allah help us to be more effective in defending Islam.
(Yahya Abdul Rahman lives in Montreal Canada, and is the editor of the online Islamic News and Information Network at www.inin.net.)
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raushan
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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Posted - Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 2:52 PM 
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Nida_e_Khair
PAKISTAN
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 Posted - Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:59 AM
| This article is sooo true! I'm glad it provided suggestions. |
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imran776
UNITED KINGDOM
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Posted - Friday, January 19, 2007 - 4:04 PM
The follwoing statement from Raushan is worth noticing:
What's more, since Muslims are in a very weak position these days
This sentence holds the key in dealing towards these issues. We are weak not only in material sciences, even our moral conditions is not hiding from anyone and we all know that.
So if we can make more credible in terms of morality, values and technology then that's what God expects from us and then giving us glory is his own responsibility.
If we just focus on what we are obliged to do and keep our promise with GOD then who can expect from God not to fulfil his promise of giving us back the glory. |
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aboosait
INDIA
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Posted - Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 4:35 PM
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1)Keep your cool:
Ok. Agreed … but not so cool as to forget the issue altogether. It is your duty to write back or at least take the help of brothers and sisters around you to retaliate in an appropriate manner
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2) Don't write back to webmaster unless you are ready:
It would be better to say “Prepare yourself thoroughly and do write back. Explore the possible reactions and prepare yourself to answer subsequent questions that will obviously arise.
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3. many of these people know a lot about Islam….
I do agree.
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4. Don't try to have the page removed from the internet:
That depends…If the site is ‘porn’ let us not bother to complain because researches have shown that ‘Four-tenths of one percent of searchable Web pages consist of hard-core porn’.
But our concern is about sites which have the appearance of an Islamic website, but contain anti-islamic material. These sites are run by Jthe enemies of Islam with the object of defaming Islam and Muslims
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5) Don't publicize the site to others:
If the offensive site is pornographic do not publicize it.
But if it the other type, that is if it a site resembling an Islamic site but is intended to present a distorted view of Islam, we must inform the general mass of Muslims about it because it is very likely that they might mistake it to be an Islamic site and take ‘guidance’ from it.
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6) Best defense is a good offense:
…..To develop your own excellent website or to submit articles to existing websites which they can use so that all can get the benefit
Agreed….. but also give wide publicity to the already existing Islamic websites
Brother Raushan has given a link to some important and useful websites. Here are a few more sites managed by Scholars of Islam:
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http://www.islamicity.com/quransearch/.....
Comprehensive Quran Search: Search in multiple languages (English Yusuf Ali, English Picktall, English Mohammad Asad, Turkish , Malay, French, Spanish, German) Topic Search, Phonetic Search, Chapter Search, Topic Index.
http://askmuslims.com/texas.html......
The purpose of this site is to introduce Islam to non-muslims who know nothing or very little of Islam
http://cityislam.com/
Urdu Translation by: Maulana Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry Maulana Ahmed Ali Lahori English Translations by:Dr. Mohsin Khan M. M. Pickthall M. H. Shakir Yousuf Ali Audio Qirat: Sheikh Sudaes (Holy Mekkah) Sheikh Shurame (Holy Mekkah).
http://www.qurancomplex.org/default.asp?...
King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an
http://www.ourdialogue.com/answers/artic...
A useful guide for those keen to know more about our religion ISLAM.
Our Dialogue" is the name of a question - answer series appearing in "Arab News" Jeddah; providing an Islamic perspective to questions agitating the minds of people today. apkar pk have compiled these answers in the form of indexed books, also called "Our Dialogue".
http://www.troid.org/
www.thenoblequran.com
http://en.quran.nu/
www.sahihalbukhari.com
Hope these sites will be useful to you.
Please BEWARE of the following websites:
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The site mentioned at sl no. 5. links to several unislamic websites having Islamic names.
These sites have been developed by the Jews Who intentionally spread wrong information about the QURAN, the HADITH and Islam. Please spread this information to all brothers and sisters around the world.
Always check the source of any Islamic web site even if it is very convincing.
These are only a few that have come to my knowledge.
1.www.answering-islam.org
2.www.aboutislam.com
3.www.thequran.com
4.www.allahassurance.com
5. www.faithfreedom.org
6. http://apostatesofislam.com/
7. http://bibleandquran.org/
8. http://www.islam-watch.org/
9. http://www.jihadwatch.org/
10. http://www.toughlove.faithweb.com/islam_...
ONCE AGAIN IWOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU "BEWARE OF THE ABOVE 10 SITES"
Always check the source of any Islamic web site even if it is very convincing
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raushan
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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Posted - Monday, January 22, 2007 - 2:06 PM
| The opposition has a positive side also as it gives us a chance to explain the truth. |
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